Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-01-20

Irons that have once been red hot
never retain the heat so we'll afterward.
and will always be rough. therefore.
while losing no opportunity of using
your fire, be careful un; to pa, them on
the stove hours before they are needed;
and after using them, do not set them
away HAT on the floor or shelf. always
stand them on end. When it Is posi-
BILE, have every really useful modern APP
p~liancc. Of which there are SO many
nowadays, 10 make work easy. TO
the woma who has no assistance in
her work, wen II small expense may DO
looked upon as economy, ii it saves
strength; that unpurchaSable thing OF
which Young wCmen are often so prudi-
gal. | know. however. Ihcre are homes
where true economy is recognized. aud
where n few dollars would not DC
grudsed to Tighten the wife's burden.
yet If the dollars arc not there how can
it be done? Let us hope then. nj least,
the husband is handy with tools. and
/ can make some things he cannot buy.
That he can put Il shelf just where she
needs it, to save her holding B lamp.
while she cooks the winter supper. and
if he can make IN ironing table which
shall hold the neceSSaries for ironing,
and when not in Use form \ seat, so
much the better, but one thing not diff
ficult to make, and which will save
many 4 weary backaGhe. is n seat eS-
actly suited to the height OF the woman
needing it. All small things car just
as well be ironed seated us standing,
If the seat Be right
Many 4 tired woman takes a chair
and makes I'D her mind she will iron
the collars and small things. seated, but
the resolution lasts only a moment, she
is soon on her aching feet again, and
then she believes she is too nervous 10
work in a sitting position. 1t is nothing
of the kind, the seat is not adapted to
the height of the table. and she really
finds herself working ut such disadvan-
tage for her arms. that mechanically
she ssume the old position. Let c
aud table be adjusted to her, and she
will SOC tiud ironing or making cake,
or rolling out cookies quite rs easily ac-
compiished in sitting rs standing. The
seat must be high enough TO bring her
elbows well above the table. and give
her the same command of it as if she
were standing. and with this seat she
would of course require 4 stool or box
on which to rest the feet.
Such 4 seat will be of little use in
cooking. without torethought to see that
you have all your materials at hand be-
fore you begin to work. | know many
an energetic woman with abundant
strength will say. .'oh, | would not sat
to work. aud feel that it was a poor
way of doing. But there are women
less strong, perhaps who have lost the
strength on which they once prided
themselves, and will just as readily say:
IF | only could manage to sit.
At first, it may seem that you have TO
jump up and down. 50 often that you
save little, but by degrees you will find
the benefit. even if YOU only are enabled
to sit five minutes out of twenty that
you would otherwise stand, and as you
get used to the sitting, You viii be as
tOnished to find how many things you
can do sitting. and how little the jump
ing up that appeared 50 tiresome al
first, will be needed Wien you have got.
ten used to providing against it. Many
things we nuT stand to 10. Us say,
may be done seated, but | began to
speak especially OF ironing.
Most people, no.-a-days, use the skirt
board for ironing everything. 1t should
be covered with three tbicknesses o.
!. heavy flannel, an old blanket is best,
but a comfortable can be made to do
over this securely basic part of an ole
sheet, or any white cotton cloth without
seams, you may prefer for the purpose
The bosom board should be covered in
the same way. and the covers Of both
, frequently changed.-Cathertne OOea,
in Good nouse5eeptmg. ITO y9kc, Mass.